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HISTORY 

OF 

WAR MATERIAL PRODUCTION^ 

OF 

T HE J. G. BRILL COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA 

And Its Subsidiary Plants 

THE G, C. KUHLMAN CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND 

THE AMERICAN CAR COMPANY, ST. LOUIS 

THE WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 



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Tte £» g* Sinn Zmtgmg* *l<N»tm« railway «&y m& 
tm&k **mmm* mm ortgiKaiy m®arfm-%!& ttm $*m mm, 
$m mmm t&«* «*ts %m &wnsl9pma& ©f its tmsimiis &&& 
fe*«B steMj ^*d m f^~tm®Misg t&Kt it* tsaaie is nalv©*** 
**ai3r lataan In nmmmmm with bsx mamm of tfeetsie 
taaospertBUoa ttgtlpoia&t* 

Ctnpony «6«fairM ©ontrol if th© ^^ieiai Car cagpaay, 

at, using, g*^ «* 0* iitossa ear %mmm* m$msm^ 

constructing etr#©t yssilai^ eaara, i'hla 

is ^d«r to ^^cpst«i3r to#i@ tjae gg&ift» 

ty immmte® te&Mjmm, mm furthm hmmm of a &mlm 

te mil»aar» optr&ting |» the aieti*3,ot«s *££«*«££ t© tteo@* 
▼ariou© plant a. 

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?J» plant of Tfcn J* 0,. HrlU. G^ps^f, in miftasa&fe&ft* 
**•» osenpiM a i§0-«$o*« %mmt of 1mA twtmmi. tfee somttem 
lims of t&a 2mmsn<w&& m& fialttttore & o&io gattroAsi, 
In the vsstscn part of tte oily. fi» «ntir® tenit in 



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slfch fcrSak &.z& etaal shape* m& intildiAga. 
and staal storage amtimm, . v*olii£ 

ofeter taraaafar a^Bipmaftt, Wbm m a£ mmmlt$ p*#- 

$mt%Qti in its tiartma, au&pat of eaara aod $rs*&$, tfeat ja. 
racpdraa ft foroa @f atom* 3,&0G aao* &* oquipsiest of a** 
«^^ s»<i JfeeUitiaa m® asr 4ma tmok tmiM&ig »** 

ly mm® elasa ©f wwhiiawy taina i» qisssitity &m*il%8m 
of 3^J?go *aa& saaatt ataal, te^ asi& s«3$& 



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S«©» aft©? f&t & a& of &« ( ,-in 

Caapajay fesgan tte aaHKftiati>re ©f mterial for mm m®omm 
lirttt naj^ AirtoMbll* ''^k Bodies for &s tricar*:.- 
ti©» 8f aateirisl. for traoj «* . . B WIMe <# 35^ 

Ha*** and wire aaaigr.ad est tbo .Brill g* 

raotfoa of | lit&ry iMip .; , $Ma aotawry fey 

Hustia. f&* types of fcoaioa iaAMa* :^t^ «* ®y 

Larry j&o«m, Portal t ;Sr tahi 3 £itsk~ 

ams, teibm* far Sfes tr^^rt. 

atorago ?ma far the transportation of i^&ra p^ia fa* 
asit©m©Ml*s # ns*& CoaAJLiuitioB Bo&ios fur tfea trs&ii^art&tioa 
of troops as *att •« M&*xi&&u 

m&m# aftar st&rtisg ssorfc m tfeis W&mm for ths 
Sanaznaant, sr&ara vara *§MMI <ra 
*»& Ba£gtan &^smsi»ta for astooeall* fcofciaa of 
various mm* *nala< ,i @s *& fmn&UMs &a* 



m& grain, ^raB^MHft Bo4i©s far %.m 
toafi&Xa, Caaliiiiatisis Boatea for Wm .traaaaertatlaii of 
tvasps asa Material*, mist f®»k Baftiaa for earrjii^ t&aX 
oil fl»r sattatioa psraaaess* 9bia oXass of wajrfc e**a$ieA: 

it toefc arfiarsi «K?ly tm Umm& $m 3h*Xl Ifotgim* for 
tfe» mm£m U KUXiaota? g«8, aaXUagr mm* m#%&m$ 
m&Mmi. ^My te Xosdi.j3t w* appXioatiom Q* Si* tmm* 
U &lm f&m%Bim& ttae tfee British Qmeimmm *» alalia 
oisd&rl^ raaeMisaa^ aa waXX as 6'- SlsaXX Wm&&JB&& ta Is© 



Barii^ 19X& tMa Caeqaagr Siaa also teaia&aa a« and 
4*7 * Shall® to ti» ftraiflcffcra. mmemt at Pfcila&alis&ia for 

tha Orteimaa l^mtmm%t Waited st&taa junp« $m£*m 3.91^, 
afeil© taa Mosrlaaa tremble mm at ita t*eigfcfe» it mmtfmm$ 
larea qvaatitiee of autosome fco&iea for ua« ©a tfca mA- 
earn fear&or* fhaa© Inalotai ftrawpofft Boiiaa, 
ime FortafeXa HaoaiMi S&ap Boaiaa, th© X&tior baing at 
ploiaXy aqalp^ai with varioua t^pea of taataX eutUng 



*t1q? to ^o©«iBfe«p X9X&, throe UMmmm% t^paa a* 
S*ttFBi&lgfet« h$A b&m daimXopad. mono of tfhieb 
vr&nn MghXy aaUsfaatovy, &sa to tfc® a^fcraai© deli- 

of mm Xasspa, sea tfea ganoraX aam&isfaetor? power 

outfit® tor the *•»*«$$£$&$* aM sous® tefeata in Urn «** 
hieXaa tfcstaaeXTraa» Xi* Beeastear, X9X&, the g 

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givaa s. noatraet to dnrvnl&p a &lafe«r &a© ttaiaaoa type seeraJ*- 
llgbt outfit, th© li*h©r to mm® *&* power plant eaaaist- 

tug of ft get@ol.iiis angina ana ©ir©©t*©©&a©©t@4 generator of 
ahoat S~kil©«att ©©paoity sad th© ©aleeon to aarry the el- 
evating tower and ©©arahlifsfht* This tower wa© aYrnagaa to 
rest oa elliptle ©pring© for traveling on th© roaa, and wan 
©apahl© of easng tilted to an upright position and extended 
eighteen feat vertioelllitg amen th© liafcer was. is operation. 
Thia wa© aooossplssiad % »@sm® of a witmh and eatel© iseali&s- 
lea. All th© ©controller© of th© lamp. iaaladiag ©Xeatriaal 
©oatrol ana movoiaest of tfes Isap itself in elevation ©ad 
anlmtn ©oRtrol are operated fro® th© ground* Mirrors war© 
provided to ah©%* th© ©rg&ot eonditina of the are to th© op* 
erator ©a th© greaad, rendering at* reaaonaaly neeata from 
gen- fire* fa© leap© proper use© in those outfit© aarotne 
first high intensity ©eerehlighte euilt sad *?©r© doaigned 
ana ballt for th© aeapaay by th© SperryGyroeoepe 
of Brooklyn, 3* Y*« a© oar sufe-eoatraotors. 

At th© ti«© th© Aradetloe «*a© signed th© 
at mrk ©a a Portafcl© CKT ^©arohlight, Jsoaat©4 oa a 30- ft. 
revolving tower en standard railroad fist oar* Pnner for 
this lean was supplied hy t%© g£-feilewatt generatore, ai- 
reot ©onrceoted to ^ssoliaa ©ngrfnea* fha®© paver pleata 
aXe© ©applied power to raotor® on th© assies of th© ears, 
furnishing pawns to *aov© th© ©stir© equipment on standard 
gauge railroad trunks from plana to plae©* i-leeping ejaa*- 

for th© ©row msr® provided in a ©ox oar alongside the 
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-U in 1^1? &m irxxx ®m&m& m% 0&110& eggn to 
ansse? iate tr.e prodaetlaa of rulloa^ e&ro far Xrarxspoyta- 
il; .aany pBiSi S&S&t onginoass a^ost o«oo»tt nooks 

ob the Oraaanee &t&E&gm& in t<m developing ta 

d»t»il the plan of & ci«idgo«*girder t^pe of fFssss© construe* 
Htm aarosuntcd fir a massive toil for the gon aaiA j^mitea 
on a pair of &»«feeol trttek»* 9$tf ears «ox« tasnXuhaA 
ewplete, reniy for ioetolli&g «*s 16" €*»♦ 

3O0& after the entirsnoo of lisle eotmtrg' lato t&e *?or» 
til© ®mt}W&f beHt a noaber of e*4Bi*¥i U. ..:■. Ansar .\iab8l- 
asoes for tbe :ie&loal Carps,, ©eeh to oe aooKtoft m a S/4- 
ton autoaebile olsaosia* 

It also Imilt a uassfeesr of noil aafeolanee feoftles 
s®it&&l© for a0S8*4ag os a #ord gfloafcftg« these were oeast 
to France «#o& after t>JLo eeimtry ostoroa the m& m& 
were mtsed bjr tke iate-Tiesn .Hgfealasoo Qmpa for Trexiee* 

i sett on wita its oqt«ipssnt was aftensar&e sfe» 
sorisod issr W Modioli cevpo, &• a. *faor« 

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la skstft 1915 the £ign&l Cerpe, » £* .^«Bqr« i**s3*f*i 
a ?orta2ile £aelo f^pp on* fit. wwete* m a 1-1/2 &8i 
eheeela* fMs ^tfit ma tsfesg o^or fe^* the felt** States 
for txtmrimm&aX pe-pee**, m& ifeest tak«tt to tfee iloxlase. 
eerder m& meed OB tee Xiao of aoanNBioatloso in LloMoo 
for sseversl nnsttas* 2&i« oat fit eeer&tee to mm% good aft* 
▼taaiege a&SBg the Uteadean treraer tfest it tree 6ee£4*3 to 



&@ir©l©p© ton of th©s« outfits wttn ««rtftin i*tpr©T©wrats 

vhion had boon sbown to fee neooosKry* Slw* Brill Jofiipygg 
©©operated ®t*Si tne &%$nel Corps effiaiale- t* tills sM, sal 
the ©as who hM operated the first outfit for soae mix 
aosth* wos seat to tne Brill plant. aM ten of tltes* oat* 
fits mm* built* ^heee outfits *•*« flfeoed along tfe© 
eastern fteabosxd a^i operates! Jointly for seas tisss* ytaey 
wer© doelnjrsd sutlsfnatery end order© for largr© quantities 
*©r© plooss. later, to fee ©asaot oupliOBatss of those ton* 

Mi signal Oorp« # prior to the *>©olfer&tion of war* 
no- in osrrio* a unbar of ty-'s* of horse dxawsi wire ©arts 
for oojnrylBg field telephone wire on power driiron 
out equipped with nsohanlm for rarolllng this 
srlro and pausing it up. Hon© of tfaeas outfits had proves 
entirely setisfaetery, and the Oostp&ny sras ©shed % the 

sal 3orpe to attos.pt to overeeae the diffiaultles 
eneouatered in previous designs* £ aati*feeter;y design 
w©a Sevelopod, and a large nassber of thest© ens Ian lit 
daring the ©oars© of too- war* 

-©n© ^®**rs prior to the estoreaic of the world ;?ur 
the ftr&aaaee dMQMkrtmHBt began ©»p©ri» sting on tlto horse- 
dnam reel tor eunyiag telephone wire ©.nod is eSHauikie** 
tloa between field batteries* several assign© mr® wr&od 
up, sos» of which wore built and super Saented with, sad at 
the entranoe of this ©ountry into the war the Department 
had n partly built outfit for this purpose* this partly* 



built outfit was sewt to *&s Caapany** plant ta be ©ess- 
leted, and span eesnlation and teat, was found t© be sat- 
isfactory far the desired purposes* Uais outfit carries, 
in addition t© the field telephone wire, eomlete field 
battery eoasanieetioa, range finding, afest plotting, and 
fire control equipments* m outfit of this nature fce- 
eaese particularly valuable after the development of ba^ 
rage fire t© the iiighest stag© te ©hieh it was developed 
during the last two years of the acrid >vsv* feats of this 
tcpUpaa* t ersved so satisfactory for eoiaraanie&tion in bar* 
rage fire batter? worfe, that large saiafeers of these out- 
fits were ordered* 2ta» large caliber of these types wm 
.goirad ag>@©ial ©osditiossa. is the Company's plant, and the 
installation of assay new tools* and a large aaount of 
special a^uipfaent* It also besa&e necessary as tee value 
©f this outfit beesrae sore fully appreciates, to estab- 
lish an entire departsssnt, erecting new building for the 
execution of this contrast, in whieb several thcussnd sen 
were e&eloved* At the t! * the Armistice was signed the 
Gosssany was delivering at the rate of about sixteen to 
twenty sets of e uifssaent p»r day* 

■aw— mmmmttm m t *mam m)sm i n u w > .w«niri»»'wiw i iiw 

fat %^ineer Scrpe foond it necessary early in the 
war ta supply srix-color printing presses to supply the 
daily saps famished the officers at the front* At the 
reruest cf the '^incer Corps thin €sa|>any deveicped an 

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s& ft* ®?zmm& m ft* rtatftor it 

tfcts rg«& «§ a® t# #s©&«4# §8*a& mi 

all t&a* «*re wesl %s$ tm kmr&mm lb»«At«i 



«$&* ««oi ,.:^os. mm m $ saw* 

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&t the frost, m& to the faet thai they weald hroak Its two 
in going tkmngh shall feolee, and that it wsmlii bo n*aas* 
nary to Setrelosj a limber and ^aianon tjroe of veaSele for 
this jmr|>oe©« £t t&a reqaeat of the officers of the ;? irtrt 
Begistest of i^iaoora, we designed asd baSlt the first of 
these wagena, delivering the first outfit for their %m» 
srfeetiee end aawptenae in three days* fMt first outfit 
was euieepted mid an order plaewa, and the tsqpa^ reaafeaa 
3>r©4aetiom in ©affluently short tiise to eaahie the r'irst ■ 
Feglannt of itagJaearn to talca ahroad seise of theee out- 
fits &hoat ©so- isoath after order was gOaeed. She Sosu^isgr 
eoatiimed balldisg U,eae at Us* r&te of fifteen to ts?on% 
outfits par a&y ttf to tae tiae that the jtmfetiae «aa 
signed* 

as aab-oontrt ctere of the sildvale Steel fe Ordnnass 
ii^pagg^ the Brill Zmkimag filled aevsral orders tor 8* 
Hovitser* oti firing platfe-ras prior to the entry of this 
country Into the mr* r ihe«e wore bailt for the British 
Coveraaent* ?Jpon oar entry into the war the 0* S# Sotf- 
emiseat aoaepted the British design, ana wo aoatisaod to 
build than© outfits &® «i©~eoatr&eters of the aidvsl* 
Steal QmmW to he furnishes this eenalry* 

the firing platform baa a largo area built tf eej&ry 
leiaber sheathed in steel. It wae intends* 'to meant the 
fan en thia strustare on «addy ground so as to pretest 



tils© ispm® ef tfco gran trail Mm lsa»0*«# firt* Hit &<#ml 

Hit Still. 0«as«BSr # ttwfcM? HfeS 4£a»*Ufltt ot &«ttt» 

tfstfcts© of t&o ar**iaii A*a*# i&i jhui mm%wm& % th» Sett* 
i#* §mi^i to «im» CfteuaM MiMtMHi tm m um®m 

a?^ SftfcNF at tlso A^riws ''-wmlm $?«ttste. iris® ^tt«^. p£* 
iottiotonr* wit os*f@r$ «@r® «• hm plse&l at iO#fl t$s t&a* 
tlte *faltf£*§ m« &%®$€* 

?oH<wIfg tlss aoso 4ir««n«a t3s« CoH^aBcr «&^o *■!** 

a S" tTmm wm%m of siridlsr a##J^* &ta» ©f tfe**o skkto 



&*%**% m$m «&l#.««ra» it mm Um taste qaisftezii mm 
ioUggsg, Wmm mm m g**«* ••■! of &if?oiiijio£oia as to t%# 
mM%£m&m SUM of fflmftaefevo* «ho ©oupiw iifcnrtMl 
to «&&# Hiigs mm ti» mim Mil«t # t&s w»«bo4 festggg 
toriofi? mss fouawt 

X9§- last, is pgfe into tfes fSgg&Hl, feioagM ag> to fogging 

» $1 m 



mit f£: v to tisati £&ne«6& In. 

$$gi *»XU &$$£$ ! i i« X&U* to ftmt, t&S <?£U;nM* 

■-.?. *«• evi te Ml mm !*&&*, ££§ «*« 
I ana t!>* bne is foratft m a i&sg« ttwwtttsg 
§£*£&&* faming $&e <na*t e*s%s *m& $®m& *3*f **m* ^* 
*a& 4$ »<» rel^t#d maA pit £& m tmrm Bl^tttg 
to t®tm Wm ®m&m &m tottlag to ey&ta&ftr *w» 
%a U« wafflfc eas«« fi^gM* ejrlistoni ^p© bob a&ase&a*. 
raagis. fcerM, g^iag^ %sums& «4 hnl to*st#&» ?£?g&r« t«£i$ 
.^»4 «er iftttptttttaii* &ft«r inflgetftieti tlmm #r© A£U*» 
I fcglldars for ftx&L m&M&mm* ^9 ®e* 
eagglish t&e fo^lngs <^««U«M^ m&mmeMm&£&$ law?* 
tat&Sbg OM^ttMnv tfl reqtrtrog, t%^ $? ragtag sa&ml&®» 



Su3*b$ tiro e&tir* orarft* m the 
fc& ¥«gf «&4*# %$«©& witfc $ars© iieiaij 0V©t^ AapMrtm»t •* 
ta» geiPtl**, **$& a® ttft $tea&$£ti*» mrm Tas?i#I it mm 

«q.ai$£«ttt %Ueh w#rs ?*3ttir*4 te wr^ *nl«k ft&iTOCsr* 
f&«@© mtml®$®fk *f Carjrtttitew* Oa««»t for the Ortegas**® S&~ 
9**feMt*% t SaAdlero' < < fc« tor ttss Ovtaanft* &gp&x'ta6i?t v 



^*g* Sqnams far tfco t«o of iSSfei for «w 

jsttrtaaat* 8&ppl>* mgm £«# 3#areiiiiffht troop*, %#&&* 

for mm waiftawi e^f«- # tm% m&m* a&m&mm «wr *#* -^11% 

part* &&& «^ttlfWMKit# 



7.;. ■ aipei.YSLQ^,, 

fioftre too ®$®$m of prions «*»*» *aa £nnti%i*to# 
tqr *&* %m- t&m&MSm &mt& t wmw&Awx& M nimomty sua 

ftelz^ was «gp«xi«noo& ir* cftteinlng m&c&eli immllg *rm&» 

akl« to Wm Uu&Ultgr of &* wUXsmys to fiurnKfc $$na$fl&N*» 
tioit. It «aa frotpoBtl^ ffias&g (AS imrcBtlgfetiofc, tint 
otter a»mfaot«x«ani of m& $m to rial g^yefi tin* ««£« oppose- 
iems© of tiso Brill Cojspfaaj of getting $ttl«fcly *»*» proAue- 
tion oxto. having !«$• qcwftttieo of flnlalttA o<p*|.p§imt 
itto&p for osipaaist fent imaM# to ootols rallw^r transitu-* 
%imt to m§?o tbas to tteir 4«etiasti«&3« Tm assaitiasg 
w»ro, of eosr**, r^&tly «grv*rst*& %f too soirero «ist«r 
of lflf-18. 

Otofortwwttiy ••* oriortty (&$«£ gf®to?a 6i« r*ot feo- 
©ossa «p»r*tlv» Is m pvsatiosl mm®m witll snob » &*.*• 
auto that it mm of little t»se&$* Is the nooipusfatis of 
tfa* ;-ri -iritle*- .aomro tfcor© tto^eased to he » mwlmm las* 
of rftftJUUrs&UH! of to.® rtlativa lapeftaBe* of eoRtr&eto* 

Sarly $» mi i&* irill plant m prattlo*!!? on & 

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Ml*®r «f tin* arfas&sat&aa «sa »fw#@^stt4itiv©# $ *u» 
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iiM.ua- or *r , ,.. a, mi: <sy 

fha plant of tho a* C. Kuhlcssm Car Company, build* 
or® of all typas of aloctrie ©ara, in oituatad In Collin* 
wood* Ohio, a auburfe of Clairsland v «i tho taint &h®ip* & Mioh* 
igaa Southern Bailraad* TMs railroad, and th® esnnaeting 
lino® of ths **n»S£lva»l& s BaltiaAra & Ohio and Wahaaa 
Systems, furnish adequate transportation faeUltlea for 
afcipaent of eats to mil Sfsatlans of the eouratry* 

Business wa?$ started by the 2ualaw Coopony in 
1901 and ha® axpsnAed oo rapidly that many additions to 
building© ana ©quipscmt have boom necessary to toe^ tip 
with its develoEaent* fffes plant at -preset e overs thirty 
aerea and the various buildings are faedele of their ©lass 
®o arranged that tho pro-greas of work through %h®w is eon* 
tianwus to tho shipping departeast. These building* mm 
equipped with the gnat mvnmv®& type of raaohiswry, suit- 
able for the prodaetiem of oloetrie railway ears* 

3te 1904 tho Company mm purohssed by :&e J. « 
Brill Company, Car and ?roek builders, mi a© a subsidiary 
of this pioneer of the isidustry, produeee squi promt of the 
mm high staaadart of quality* 

#risr to tha antsy of the united states into the 

World Way, tho luaohioery required to produee the various 

sar parta bei»$ eultaela for taming ant various taotor 

truck rsateri&l, the ltuhlr,sn Ceapany rsesivsA sacral orders 
for this material from the peerless Company, and several 



additional order© have eeea plaoed slnse. fMi business 
in value aggregated about - 300 ,000 #00, a large portion of 
the parts tttr&©4, out toeing «®& «& ssotor trn&fes for the 
United ^t&tea CUwsrn&ent* 

In iloventoer, 191?, tii© United states Goverarasnt 
pl&aed orders with the cotopa&y for MX) type "B" motor 
traok bodies, valued at ; ; 113»?&0.00. Otter orders for 
motor truok bodies wore also planed, ittelueUisg dOO typo H B W 
in February, l*il8, valued at 1143*000.00. the entire 
quantity o? those thro© order©, K10G raster truok bodies 
was completed and shipped* 

The ONsmpany slao resolved orders from the ;;nitsa 
State* £overonent la August ^ 1916 1 ;"or a ,000 artillery sap* 
ply bodies | 1,000 spring shoots, 1,000 wheel fastenings, 
and 1,000 Ba-nntlARU, total value $4S&,QOG.O0, but the ar- 
mistice was signed and work suspends! on these orders be* 
for© shipments oonld »a aside. 

The foref^olGf? work w< tied by tits Ituhiman Oor- 

pany without alterations or additions to ■ ful . e«fuJp~ 

Bent. 

farther list of s&saellsneoas artioles ttamfaotaraft 
will bo found ooatained in the list on page 40. 



-34- 



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303 . h 



The plant of the American Car Company, builders of 
electric railway care, is Ideated in the ©esters suburbs 
of 8ft, Louis, between the tracks of the Hisaouri aoific, 
3t» Louis, Iron Mountain ft 3outfe©m and the I^riseo astern 
Sailroads, an admirable location for the shipment of its 
product* 

fhis plant rase built in 1891, and covers m area of 
mere than ten aoree # It was purchased in 1&02 by The J* 
8* Brill Company, and the cumber of buildings increased 
to proptely handle the expansion in the business* 

.on 

Prior to the entrance of the United states into the 
war this Company received an order for 99 three-ton motor 
transport bodies, valued at $16,000*00, of which 48, valued 
at #7,600.00, were completed and shipped* 

It also engaged in the production of street Botlmy 
Csrs for government organisations interested in transporta- 
tion of employees of worafseturing plants and other enter- 
prises to and from their work. 



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8VJRU 9um c? en j. @* mutt oau&jfY* 

The plant of the w&oon fcteunfaotarlag Ooapany, bus Id* 
ere of all types of oars for steam and alaotrlo railways, 

la located at Brightwood, §£aaa», o suburb of Springfield, 
oaeupying a twenty«*ono-aers treat of lend along the 
trao&s of the Boston & &iino Kallroaa In ilia northwest 
oomer of the latter olty* It has en admirable location 
£®r foreign aa well as doneatla shipment due to its prox- 
imity to naaoroos shipping porte, with the remit that 
sen-built equipment, both steam ana eleotrio, oan he 
found on jaany Saportant foreign as well as tSameetia ays teas* 

l*ha tfaoon 1'anu featuring 3oapany started business in 
1874 all Its present looatlon for the express purpose of 
oonstruotlniK stssa railway oars, bat its well organised 
and adequately equipped shops afforded excellent faoflttfeo 
for the oonstruotlon of squlpasnt for eleotria oyotoinB a© 
well* rrossnt total floor area- of the plant Is 19e,000 
ssqtiare feet, and its squipasnt is capable of producing 
300 standard passenger ear $ per an&um, artth as average 
employment of 400 people. 

In l^oa the <fason Jerapany wa® paroaaaed tey The 3* §• 
Brill Oompany, the pioneer builder of slsotria railway 
ears and tracks, end this affiliation gave impetus to the 
already highly developed oar-bullding activities* of the 
voapany* 



*****». j&j IU3BB B '. EX . - . 1* 

sb the United states Ssvsntrasnt entered %m me ant 

the ©all MM sounded for ras&uf aetur tog facilities for ver* 
ieaa ©lasses of was* equipment, the general plea of toe build- 
ings at the «ason plant, the character of a large part of 
it© machinery, and *J» spelaliBed experience of its staff 
of enployees, were mislay recognised a« assdrafels for tbs 
construction of aircraft for whlah the govef&ftont was im 
©o groat a need* 

To properly handle this for® of construction mm® 
important alterations a»& addition® to buildings and ©qui*- 
awt had to fee msdft* mm iro« fowr4r^ building ted to bo 
changed to a shop suited to the production ®nd f iniaaing 
of various metal parte required is aircraft* Oar Erecting 
building adj to be specially ©quipped to provide for the 
application of linen to the wings, staMllssrs, rudder©, 
ete*, arid the dsplng thereof, which repaired the installs* 
tien of a Bpesial ventilating systesw 3osh woodworking 
nashlnery a« raould not Is© required had to fee rsaovei and 
stored, to* Paint Shop building*, having a floor area of 
42,000 square feet, mas suitably adapts 1® for rearrange* 
awnt as a general aeafttribly, pachlsg and ©hipping department* 

In addition, aany alterations to the plant generally 
had to he sad©, such a© removal of worn railroad tracks, 
new concrete foundations and additional posts for support* 
Ing galleries and partitions to enclose ©eat ions 

• 37 • 



needed for receiving and store rooms, minor offices, cost 
rooms, rest rooms for women employees, also the increased 
number of employee®, approximately one thousand, made neces- 
sary additional toilet facilities of the moet modern type. 
,-iier© necessary to maintain a high temperature in build- 
ings, the steam hosting system had to ho overhauled and 
addition made. Electric group drive had to he installed 
for all m&chinery, replacing the line ahaftinn eteam engine 
3rive method, and the lighting system had to be increased 
and extended. To provide adequate = rotoction to the plant 
for engaging in war equipment production a fenoe had to be 
built, powerful electric light® installed, nd guards prop* 
erly st tioned around the plant. 

All of these alterations and new equipment required • 
considerable outlay of money, as it was doomed advisable 
to incorporate a separate company for carrying on this war 
worfc. 

r- i/,;./ ..' ££9U 

consequently, application was m&de snS a charter 
grafted September ?7, If If , to a corporation ufior the 
title of the sprirsg field aircraft corporation with m m 
it-'.T of ;, 600,000. £9 this corporation -son pis at «a« 
leased* The contracts were tfcea 1st fsr His necer.?5sry 
alterations and additions to buildings and equipment re- 
quired for tfeo production of aircraft, and orders placed 
for the necessary special Etoohinary. 



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mmmm 

Ceaaenoing with * order for 400 m&B Curtis* training 
planes, end spare® for 800, in Getober, %%%% the Severn** 
mn% plaosd order for 891 a*4» plane© in ^me # 1918, 8 
fM plmm in Ail#«0% 1918, M»d 300 ai«D plmea in deptea* 
ber, lf!8» a total value of s$4,llv t m«s»« Of tale mmh&* 
a total if S8S plan©© were shipped, valued apprestaately 
at #&,d«Q,000,, a^d the balanee of those on order eanoelled 
ejr tie Oeven*saex& soon after to© signing of the arn&stlee* 

Is prodoeitg these plenen the ontire flfasoa or§anissa~ 
tien wm absorbed by the Springfield Aircraft Oerp oration* 
Witfc the signing- of the amalsfciee end the eeneellation of 
orders by the £overaaent 9 eafflosrees a® relieved from air- 
•raft work wer# l '.niediateiy started in assletn® sjrraagsnents 
for the vrednetion of ©teas* and eleetrie railwes? ears, and 
la affecting en oh eh&nges in eqidysHnt as were. neeesntary 
for the return of the plant to its jpeaee»tlae osenpatien* 



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uantity uantity 

It &a 'Joatract Value fiS&ISBB^ 

3- ton &%•* Transport Bodies 99 >,&00« 46 

;rtis Trtxlnirm Planes 400) 

spares for 3842 Curtis Training rl&nes £00) 

aes £75) 

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THE PHILADELPHIA "PHSSS" 
August 2 5 tli f 1919 



EVERY BRANCH OF 
ARMY SERVED BY 

BIG BRILL WORKS 



Thirty-acre Plant Made Early 

Start Supplying Needs of 

Allies. 



100 PER CENT. WAR WORK 



United States Used Company's 
Varied Facilities in a Hun- 
dred Different Ways. 



How Philadelphia accomplished 
the Herculean labor of producing 
more than two oillion dollars' 
worth of war •materials within a 
short space of time, more than 
one-sixth of the amount produced 
hy the entire nation, is told in the 
scries of articles of which this is 
the fifteenth. The aritcles are accur- 
currate in every respect, having been 
attested oy the Ordnance Depart- 
ment to which they were submit- I 
ted. 

It may be said that the first distincUy 
American offensive was the reduction 
of the St- Mihiel salient, carried through 
from September 12 to September 15, 
largely by American troops, and entirely 
under the orders of the American com- 
mander-in-chief. In the attack the 
American troops -were aided by the 
French colonial troops, who held a por- 
tion of the front line. We were also 
aided by French and British air 
squadrons. 

The attack began at 5 in the morn- 
ing, after four hours of artillery prep- 
aration of great severity, and met with 
success immediately. Before noon ap- 
proximately one-half the distance be- 
tween the bases of the salient had been 
covered, and the morning of the nest 
day troops of the 1st and 26th Divisions 
met at Vigneulles, cutting off the salient 
within twenty-four hours of the begin- 
ning of the movement. 

Between this engagement and that of 
the Battle of Gettysburg, two compari- 



sons emphasize the magnitude of the 
action:- At St. Mihiel about 550,000 
Americans were engaged ; the Union 
forces at Gettysburg numbered about 
100,000. In three whole days at Gettys- 
burg the Union artillery fired 33,000 
rounds ; St SI ihiel made a record for 
"concentration of artillery fire" by an 
artillery preparation of four hours. 
wherein was consumed more than 
1,000,000 rounds of artillery ammunition. 
The summary of this engagement 
reads as follows : The American com- 
manders and troops demonstrated their 
ability to plan and execute a big Amer- 
ican operation ; a dangerous enemy 
salient was- reduced ; we captured 443 
guns and 16,000 Hun prisoners. The of- 
fensive of St Mihiel cost only approx- 
imately 7000 casualties, or less than one- 
third the entire Union losses at the Bat- 
tle of Gettysburg. 

Started Early at Brills. 
The extensive plant of the J. G. Brill 
Company, in Philadelphia, covers a. thir- 
ty-acre tract of land in the western part 
of the city, between the Southern lines 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Bal- 
1 timore & Ohio Railroad. The entire tract 
| is covered with steel and brick shops and 
j buildings, lumber and steel storage sec- 
i tions, railways, traveling crane and other 

transfer equipment. 
; "When, running at capacity production 
' on its normal output of cars and trucks, 
j Brill's employ about 3500 men. Their 
; equipment of machinery and facilities 
; for car and truck building are neees- 
' sarily varied and comprehensive, em- 
I bracing practically every class of ma- 
chinery used in quantity production of 
large and small steel, brass and wood 
parts. 
i Soon after the outbreak of the world 
war. the Brill Company began the manu- 
i facture of material for war purposes: 
I first making automobile truck bodies for 
the transportation of materials for 
! troops. These bodies were of many kinds. 
j and were designed at their plant under 
| the direction of military commissioners . 
> sent to this country by Russia. 
I The type of bodies so furnished in- 
I eluded motor transport or dorry bodies, 
portable kitchens, omnibus bodies, stor- 
age vans and combination bodies for the 
transportation of troops as well as of 
5'-: T-ies, 

Shortly after Brill's started -work on 
this equipment for the Russian Govern- 
( ment they received contracts for the 
British. French and Belgian Govern- 
ments for automobile bodies of various 
kinds, including stake bodies for hand- . 
ling hay and grain, transport bodies for 
the transportation of materials, combi- I 
nation bodies for the transportation of ; 
I troops and materials and tank bodies for j 

carrying fuel oil for aviation purposes. 
i This class of work however, occupied . 
but a small proportion of this big Phil- 
adelphia company's equipment, and it 
rriers early in tiie war for she I 
forgings for the Russian 75-millimeter ' 
gun. completely machined and rear 
loading. Brills also furnished the Brit- ; 
ish Government with six-inch shells. | 
. completely machined, as well as six-inch 
i shell forgings to be machined abroad. 
j During 1916. when the Mexican border 
trouble was at its height Brills furnish- 
ed large numbers of automobile bodies 



rfor use on the Mexican border. These in- ijpartment, portable radio telegraph out- 
! eluded transport bodies, ambulances and [fits and wire ing Held 

portable machine shop bodies, ih"= hone wire in power- 

iv>i?i^ comDletely equipped with various ;] j i 

- for the printi i-ynt, of 



being completely equipped 
types of metal cutting machines. 
Made Portable Searchlights. 



! six-col :i ■ r "lie of- 

r front). A notable achie 
Prior to December, 1916. three differ- ment in this line was the developing of 
ent types of portable searchlights had 
been developed, nox ' '"- had 

proven highly satisfactory, due 
extreme delicacy of the lamps, and 

general unsatisfactory power outf.'s - - Department, mounted on trucks, inside 
the searchlights and some defects ir, the :: three weeks after notice ": ge ahead 
vehicles themselves. In December. 1916, lartermaster of the army 

fte .Brills were given a contract to de- Brills' furnished aU the -ea- racks used 



an automobile body mounted on a five- 
ton truck, with a heating system to keep 
the inks flowing freely, and celluloid 
windows to furnish sufficient light- 
These outfits were furnished the "\\ar 



velop a limber and caisson ty-.-e search 
li°-ht outfit, the limber to carpy the power 



by the expediting forces- This rack was 
Beted — ith sliding hooks for carrying 



nfant consisting of a gasolrjfe engine an I meats, ar.d so arranged as to render it 
direct connected generator of about five | possible to inclose this rack so as to ex- 
kilowatt caoacitv. and the caisson to . eiud2 dust and insects. 



carry the elevating tower and search- 
light. 



To the Aircraft Production Depart- 
ment, they furnished Liberty motor 
B -. : Reels for 



This tower was arranged to rest onJcy 
elliptic springs for traveling on the road, jarrying .elephone wire used ji com- 
and was capable of being tilted to an up- munication between field batteries were 

V = - n and extended eighteei fee! ; = :?a^i '::" : : - :r a:.: r ice md a part 

& " . .- ;_ :_ ' — „..*,^o^= " - rT - - " ' -- ; = " 



illy when the limber is in opera- 
tion. 

The lamps proper used in these out- 
fits were the first high intensity search- 
lights built. 



[eted outfit was 5rr.: to Brills for 
completion. This outfit carries, in addi- 
tion to the field telephone wire, complete 
field battery commur .: Jr find- 

si. :: plctl g nd are control equip- 



\t the time the armistice was signed I ment. An outfit of this nature became 
J G Brill Company were at work on a part sularly valuable after the It 

portable sixty-inch searchlight mounted men! - ::rr?ae fire" to the high stage 
on a thirtv-foot revolving tower on a ! achieved during the last months of the 
standard railroad fiat car. Power for 5 world war. Tests of this equipment 
this lamp was supplied by two twenty- , proved so satisfactory for c: c 
five-kilowatt generators, direct — connect- | cation in barrage fire battery work, that 
ed to gasoline engines. These power large numbers of these _ - were or- 
plants also supplied power to motors on | dered by the Ordnance Departrr.er 
the axles of the cars, furnishing power I This nation of ma: 

to move the entire equipment on staai- tools - I ge amount of 

ard guaae railway rucks from place to equipment. As the value of this type 
place, sleeping quarters for the crew j j outfit became more fully appreciated, 
were provided in a box car alongside the fit became necsssary for the Brill- 



power plant. 



tablish an entire department tor its 



Soon after the entrance of this country j manufacture : new buildinrs » = ---- - 
into the war, the Brill Company was ed j n which several thousand men were 
called upon .by the Ordnance Depart- employed 
ment 16 enter at once into the produc- When the armis was signe 

= :or the transporta- J- G- Brill Company v as deli - 

tion of heavy guns HHr.g.r.s-ers from the l he Ordnance Department from - 
company conferred with the Engineer- 'to twenty sets ::' this equipmer.: ;:;r 

Z:xl-:-inch howitzer on firing plat-; 
rrrrus -. T "ere als: amiaa- ulae :rr.r-:r:an: 
war products of the Brill Company. 

The firing platform has a larr; 
built of heavy lumber sheathed in 
It was j gun on 

this structure on muddy grottni 
.. __.-^_. ._-. f spade rf the gur 
being hammered into the gj 
recoil, altering lhe iirection of fire. 

Sama; :: :r is the president of 

(his great company, whose out- a 
rf such a valuable nature tc the 'War 
Department in the crisis William H 
Healings r viee-pi 2si . 
Rawle. second wice-pres 
Rawle, treasurer, ari F W. Bri 

treasurer The secretary of tht 
company is H. C. Esling. 

In conclusicr. it may be said that prac- 
tically every Philadelphian has ridden 
on a brill-made trolley in Philair 

- :1s rode 

toward the fr ie here 

in the bis rhia. 



ing Division of the Ordinance Depart- 
view of devel- 
oping, in detail, the plan cf a "bridge- 
girder" type of frame cons: sur- 
mounted by a massive base for the gun, 
and mounted on a pair of s:::- 

s The cars vfe shed com- 

plete, ready for installing the sixteen- 
inch gun. 

100 Per cent. "War Work. 
Early in 1918 the J. G. Brill Com- 
i a 100 

per cent- war 

In the Sura " lere were or- 

ders being filled at"Brill's for every de- 
partment of .1 service 
A summary of their achie'" E 
shows that they supplied -■■. 
to our Allies before the V 

- the conflict and for a time after 
the work undertaken 
prior to - 1917 

In studying the achievements of the 
rreat concern, nearly every branch of 
he arm; ieeiveo lerial from their- 

ihops — ambulances for the medical der_ 



NO. . 

ATTENTION = 



ordnance department 

Office of Ordnance District Chief 

1710 market street 

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 

OPFI CE Oj CHI EF aimsmw WBW ML 



October 18, 1919, 



Frcm: The History Branch, 

Philadelphia District Ordnance Office 



To: Mr. J. tf. Eawle, 2no Vice President, 
The J. G. Brill Company, 
Philadelphia, la. 



Vy dear Mr. Rawle : 

The writer has read with keen interest the 
"Brill History of ,'ar York", covering, as it does, the 
J. G. Erill Company's effort in tne Great War to defeat 
Prussian Autocracy. 

The work referred to records another one of the 
instances of the remarkable adaptability of American 
Engineering, and, taken as a whole, the war work of the 
J. G. Brill Company will furnish an extremely important 
part of the "Jig-saw Puzzle Picture", which, when put 
together by our future historian, shall picture the stu- 
pendous and glorious achievements of American ingenuity. 




^C 



WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS, 
CHIEF HISTORY BiraNCH, 

PHILADELPHIA DIST. ORB. OFj 



